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==Effects==

==Effects==

The decision does not immediately have implications outside the [[District of Columbia]], because the [[Bill of Rights]] directly applies only to the Federal government.<ref>[[McCullough v. Maryland]], Chief Justice [[John Marshall]]</ref>  However, the Supreme Court is currently considering [[McDonald v. Chicago]], which argues that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms should be incorporated against the states under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The decision does not immediately have implications outside the [[District of Columbia]], because the [[Bill of Rights]] directly applies only to the Federal government.<ref>[[McCulloch v. Maryland]], Chief Justice [[John Marshall]]</ref>  However, the Supreme Court is currently considering [[McDonald v. Chicago]], which argues that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms should be incorporated against the states under the [[Fourteenth Amendment]].

== References ==

== References ==